Private company

SAFE Boats International

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American boat manufacturer

Founded in 1997, SAFE Boats International is an American-based boat manufacturer. SAFE stands for Secure All-around Flotation Equipped.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1997Founded1
  • Industrybuilding of pleasure and sporting boats1
  • HeadquartersBremerton1
  • Founded inBremerton1
  • Websitewww.safeboats.com

Founded in 1997, SAFE Boats International is an American-based boat manufacturer. SAFE stands for Secure All-around Flotation Equipped.2

Products and brands

  • patrol vessel

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1997Founded Founded in Bremerton1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$911.8M 2008–2026
Without federal contracts$1.6M 2020–2026
Without federal contractsWithout federal contracts, 2020–2026: $1.6M in all. Federal grants $1.6M.$0$200K$400K$600K$800K2020 · Federal grants: $587.0K20202022 · Federal grants: $717.0K202220242026 · Federal grants: $321.5K2026
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsFederal contractsTotal
2026$321.5K$40.8M$41.1M
2025–$70.7M$70.7M
2024–$33.7M$33.7M
2023–$62.0M$62.0M
2022$717.0K$49.0M$49.8M
2021–$120.8M$120.8M
2020$587.0K$12.9M$13.5M
2019–$27.6M$27.6M
2018–$25.0M$25.0M
2017–$30.4M$30.4M
2016–$39.6M$39.6M
2015–$42.2M$42.2M
2014–$55.2M$55.2M
2013–$46.4M$46.4M
2012–$50.7M$50.7M
2011–$51.8M$51.8M
2010–$46.4M$46.4M
2009–$50.2M$50.2M
2008–$54.9M$54.9M

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov4, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest contracts

  1. Dec 31, 2020$174.0M from Department of the Navy: Msi-ds ds30 cannons5 To SAFE BOATS INTERNATIONAL LLC Award N0002421C2201
  2. Jul 2, 2014$58.2M from Department of the Navy: Mk vi patrol boats6 To SAFE BOATS INTERNATIONAL LLC Award N0002414C2230
  3. May 14, 2012$42.8M from Department of the Navy: Mk vi pb7 To SAFE BOATS INTERNATIONAL LLC Award N0002412F2223
  4. Sep 24, 2013$22.9M from U.S. Coast Guard: Combined foreign military sales purchase with safe boats international (sbi) for the countries of costa rica, tunisia, antigua and barbuda, 8 To SAFE BOATS INTERNATIONAL LLC Award HSCG2313CPGV001
  5. Apr 24, 2008$20.9M from Department of the Navy: Safe boats riverine command boats9 To SAFE BOATS INTERNATIONAL LLC Award N0002408F2233